![]() ![]() Basically, this is rigging up a number of structural items into a single multi-tiered load and lifting the entire group of them up to the connectors standing on the structure. If you’re in the steel erection business, you probably know the term “Christmas Treeing” as related to lifting a load of beams. The changes came into effect in September of 2006 so everyone should be following them now. The new rules are more stringent than past practice and require that special procedures be developed to ensure worker’s safety. These changes relate to multi-tiered loads for cranes and to operating equipment near power lines. However, along with these high profile changes to the Construction Regulations, other changes affecting the crane industry were also brought in with significantly less fanfare. At the same time as that legislation was brought in, the construction regulations for electrical safety were virtually completely restructured as well. Most people in the construction world heard about the new laws that came out for confined spaces a little while ago. New Legislation Affects The Crane Industry June 2007 The Challenges with Multi-Tiered Crane Loads Sudbury Non Destructive Testing Services.Lift Equipment Inspection & Engineering.
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